VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY.
Considering the existing rebellious state of certain tribes of Maories in this Province of Taranaki, and the intelligence communicated by one of that people to Mr. Francis Joseph Mace, an hour or two previous to the bodies of the deceased individuals now under inquest being discovered, to wit, that no other white man would be permitted to pass through theOmaia District; as also the fact that when the dead bodies were discovered, two Maories were discovered close by thereto by a party of our militiamen which had been sent from the Omata stockade in the vicinity thereof, to recover the said dead bodies; and, Anally, from the very barbarous character of the wounds inflicted, we have no hesitation in expressing as our most unanimous and conscientious opinion that the deceased Samuel Ford, Henry Passmore, Samuel Shaw, James Pote, and "William Parker, were most wantonly, ferociously, and in cold blood, murdered, by a Maori or Maories unknown. . (Signed) W. Wilsw, Coroner.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VII, Issue 9, 31 May 1860, Page 4
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165VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JURY. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VII, Issue 9, 31 May 1860, Page 4
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